Did you hear? Official Airline Guide (OAG) says that bookings from Canada to the U.S. are down a staggering 70% for the summer.
“Passenger bookings on Canada – US routes are currently down by 70% compared to the same period last year,” claims the ancient and honorable travel publication…
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang members – for now.
A lower court had temporarily blocked the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador on 15 March, ruling that the actions under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act needed further scrutiny.
Trump has alleged that the migrants were members of the Tren de Aragua gang “conducting irregular warfare” against the US and could therefore be removed under the Act.
Evaluating President Trump’s tariff policy involves examining it from two different perspectives: completing the shift from post-Cold War containment of the Soviet Union to addressing the next challenge, from China, and the assurance that Trump is sincere in his desire to negotiate new fair-trading arrangements to effectively eliminate America’s anachronistic trade deficit.
Former federal Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty says he had planned to spend Easter with his wife, Julie, at the condominium they have owned for about 12 years in Naples, Florida. But he decided to return last week to Ottawa after United States President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
“We’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe that our country has a right to exist,” said Beatty before departing his winter home in a country whose president has repeatedly pushed the idea of annexing Canada as its 51st state.
The Hill Times is uber left and uber bought.
BRUSSELS — The EU has offered the United States a “zero-for-zero” tariff scheme, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, seeking to avoid a tit-for-tat trade war.
“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners. Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table,” she told a press conference alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
BREAKING: The European Union says they're ready to negotiate with the United States, says they've offered zero for zero tariffs.
The announcement was made by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
"Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the… pic.twitter.com/yTRTS8B4us
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 7, 2025
Vincent “Rocco” Vargas was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and went on to serve three combat deployments with the 2nd Battalion of the elite 75th Ranger Regiment. In 2009 Vargas became a Federal Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, and was a medic with the Special Operations Group. After temporarily leaving his federal career for film and television, he returned to the Border Patrol’s Strategic Planning and Analysis Directorate (SPAD) in March 2025—while continuing to work with veterans, and as a writer, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. He runs the popular Borderland and VinnyRoc podcasts.
Vincent Vargas is a giant of a man who fills the screen from his home ‘operations room’ throughout our interview. He refuels on protein bars as we talk, while making it clear just how plausible he was as an army sergeant (in real life) or as the Capitan Del Camino of a fictional outlaw biker gang (on Mayans M.C.). His fame acquired from appearing in films and on TV also guaranteed publicity for his SPAD appointment. While good-humoured—and slightly disappointed he can’t also offer me a protein bar—it’s clear he is entirely serious about going back into homeland security. Could he really be giving up acting to concentrate on a real-life role in Border Patrol?
John Ladd, a border rancher from Arizona, says that since Trump took office, illegals crossing through his property have gone from 50-200 per day to only 3 per day with no getaways.
All it took was a real President. pic.twitter.com/LkdjLvYZqd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 7, 2025
A network of X accounts is “artificially” amplifying misinformation about Canada’s economy and leadership, according to a report shared with The Logic from digital threat research group Reset Tech.
A coordinated campaign from these accounts spread false stories about businesses decamping for the U.S. as a result of Canada’s alleged economic decline, as well as Canadian support for Donald Trump’s goal to annex the country. The network, which is made up of 73 accounts and “likely hundreds more,” shares material from U.S. right wing sites, as well as Toronto-based Canada Free Press and Montreal-based Post Millennial.
Premier Doug Ford has unveiled $11 billion in tax deferment and rebate measures to offset damage caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
“In the face of President Trump’s attacks on Ontario’s economy, our government will do whatever it takes to protect Ontario workers and businesses,” Ford said in a statement Monday.
“Today’s measures will help give workers and businesses the support they need in the face of growing economic uncertainty,” the premier said.
US President Donald Trump’s advisers have defended sweeping tariffs on imports and vowed to stay the course, despite market turmoil and calls to avoid a trade war.
In a series of television interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down recent stock market falls and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, insisted reciprocal tariffs would be implemented as planned.
Bessent said there was “no reason” to expect a recession as a result of the turmoil. “This is an adjustment process,” he said.
Here is Carney admitting he’s a carpetbagger.
BREAKING
A video has surfaced of Mark Carney stating that he offered pro-bono consulting to politicans
SO THAT BROOKFIELD SHAREHOLDERS COULD PROFIT FROM THE POLICIES!!
THIS IS MASSIVE!! pic.twitter.com/4YcYkYc2sw
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) April 6, 2025
The ache of Donald Trump’s Liberation Day noir will go beyond disaster for thousands of Canadians who lose their jobs and see their savings debased by stagflation and battered markets. There will also be historic political implications for whoever forms Canada’s next government.
While we were “spared” the heavier blows that Trump placed on many other countries, Canadian households very much face a painful future of reduced incomes, diminished nest eggs and higher living costs.
Canada is entering its greatest existential upheaval since Confederation. Besides Trump duties that will make Canadian autos, steel and aluminum less affordable to U.S. customers, China has slapped exorbitant tariffs on Canadian canola, seafood and pork exports that will punish farming and commercial fishing families.
Pay attention to who is melting down the most over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump implemented this week. It’s the same wealthy Wall Street elites and career politicians who have been exploiting American workers and pillaging the middle class for decades.
America has gotten unbelievably wealthy in recent decades. Not the working class, who have been systematically pillaged by the asset rich. Trump just took on the entire international global order on behalf of our abandoned working class. Thank you @RCamposDuffy for having me! pic.twitter.com/TgcBoAWGVF
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) April 6, 2025
This is the region I report out of— there are great big swaths of this country whether it is the Appalachian Midwest, Plains cattle ranchers or manufacturers everywhere — they have a very different worldview than those melting down over tariffs—they are more than willing to wait… https://t.co/p3q9IWFeXC
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) April 5, 2025
Water boy Carney’s backers are scared they’ll lose their spot at the public trough.
A few weeks ago, I argued that the strongest political opposition to Donald Trump resided right here in Canada.
Turns out, that’s an increasingly dangerous place to be.
As the latest round of tariffs on our automotive sector prove, it’s an increasingly economically painful place to be.
And if Donald Trump’s musings over a third term are to be believed — and they should — that may be the case not just for four years, but for at least eight. A near decade more of economic coercion and geopolitical volatility.
Less deranged than is usual for the Star.
While most of the world was left shocked and dismayed by President Donald Trump’s tariff roll-out on “Liberation Day” earlier this week, at least one foreign government was quietly celebrating.
“This is great for the country,” Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said the next day. Mexico and Canada, as part of the USMCA free trade agreement, avoided the imposition of any additional tariffs during Trump’s announcement Wednesday, while the average tariff rate on U.S. imports is set to skyrocket to 29 percent from just two percent previously.
h/t DS
Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in the team’s home opener.
Beyond the opening day festivities, however, it was a week of particularly bad news for Windsor, my hometown.
It’s over.
After a century and a half of building an economic and military partnership that survived two world wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War and the 9/11 attacks, the United States and Canada are breaking up.
